Saturday, April 9, 2022

Old Bird

 


Old Bird is perched
at the microphone,
in readiness to speak,
fluffing all her feathers out
and pursing her small beak.

Tell me, Old Bird,
what to do with my heart
in this world
where being brutal
has been made into an art?

Old Bird tilts her head, perturbed,
throws a harried glance at me,
puts her cool John Lennon glasses on
to make sure she can see.

She thumbs through the Book of Possibles:
thumb thumb thumb.
Humans could save themselves
a lot of trouble,
she says,
if  they weren't so dumb.
Your heart, she informs me,
has a rubber soul.
It has learned to accommodate
the sorrow
of its growing whole.

But how will that help me bear
the inhumanity of man?
I ask.
Look through eyes
of love and peace,

she says,
and cherish what you can.


27 comments:

  1. Oh how I love this Sherry....the rhyme, the message and the heart!! This is lovely! I also love the image you chose!

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  2. Yes, cherish what, and when, we can. I need to borrow her "Book of Possibles" for a bit, sooo clever, Sherry. I like your subtle irregular rhyme too.
    I like the photo best but it wouldn't leak any secrets to me. You milked it well.
    ..

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  3. A crow with spectacles! But no way to keep them clean.

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  4. This is wonderful! The rhyme and the tone is just brilliant!

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  5. This is a perfect poem in every way, Sherry: it cheered and inspired me, thank you!

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  6. Sherry - this is really funny and sweet and wise... I greatly enjoyed it.

    Sincerely,
    David [ben Alexander]
    http://skepticskaddish.com/

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  7. What a wonderful uplifting piece Sherry?

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  8. Funny, and heartbreaking. I paused for a long time at ". . . puts her cool John Lennon glasses on
    to make sure she can see . . . ." Imagine.

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  9. I love the John Lennon glasses I thought of him as well when looking at the photo. Imagining possibility.

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  10. But it better hurry up cause there was this song I listened to in high-school called 'Five Years', that said we have only got five years.

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  11. OMG!!! This is pure perfect poetry.
    Luv the question posed in Verse 2

    Have a good Sunday Sherry. Thanks for dropping by my blog today

    Much💜love

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  12. I see you were seduced by this picture, too. Such a wise old bird, with such good advice, and now, if only we can follow it! I love the way you've used your rhymes here, Sherry, and all of it, really.

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  13. I love poetry that includes conversations like yours ... this is just great!

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  14. if birds had thumbs, gotta wonder if they'd give us ground-dwelling bipeds the thumbs down...

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  15. Love the way you use this wise 'Old Bird' - a conversation everyone needs to hear.

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  16. Wonderful advice from this John Lennon bird--very clever and also wise. T hank you Sherry--this is Karin, Manicddaily--I may post anonymously as I have a hard time with blogspot sometimes! k.

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  17. Beautiful, great advice from a bird who knows the mess of earth better than humans it seems.

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  18. Very strong message, Sherry!

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  19. Good advice...cherish what you can!

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  20. Wisdom.
    "...where being brutal
    has been made into an art?...
    And then the end.

    We need to cherish what we have, indeed.

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